Regional government of Inner Mongolia sets up hotline to report suspected crypto mining as China moves to curb energy emissions and fortify its central bank (Financial Times)

Financial Times:
Regional government of Inner Mongolia sets up hotline to report suspected crypto mining as China moves to curb energy emissions and fortify its central bank  —  Move comes as Beijing's crackdown prompts volatility in global bitcoin trading  —  A Chinese province has asked residents to blow …

Federal Reserve Chair Powell discusses the risks of cryptocurrencies and sets a timeline for a Fed discussion paper on a possible central bank digital currency (Reuters)

Reuters:
Federal Reserve Chair Powell discusses the risks of cryptocurrencies and sets a timeline for a Fed discussion paper on a possible central bank digital currency  —  Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell flagged the risks of cryptocurrencies in an unusual video message on Thursday that also laid …

Zoom Events Is a New Virtual Platform That Mimics In-Person Events

Zoom Events has been announced that will provide businesses with the ability to create a "hub" where all of their multi-day events will be listed with corresponding information about each... https://ift.tt/3bENBxb

Twitter Finds Its AI Tool Tends to Crop Out Black People, Men From Photos

Twitter's image-cropping algorithm has a problematic bias toward excluding Black people and men, the company said in new research, adding that "how to crop an image is a decision best made by... https://ift.tt/3ypMCe1

Paris-based app-only car rental startup Virtuo raises $60M Series C led by AXA Venture Partners and an additional $36M in asset financing (Ingrid Lunden/TechCrunch)

Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch:
Paris-based app-only car rental startup Virtuo raises $60M Series C led by AXA Venture Partners and an additional $36M in asset financing  —  Car ownership has become pricey and untenable in many towns and cities in Europe: between congestion charges to reduce emissions, parking fees …

Wheel, which provides tools enabling health providers or employers to offer telehealth services, raises $50M Series B led by Lightspeed Venture Partners (Katie Jennings/Forbes)

Katie Jennings / Forbes:
Wheel, which provides tools enabling health providers or employers to offer telehealth services, raises $50M Series B led by Lightspeed Venture Partners  —  I am a staff writer covering healthcare.  Email me at kjennings@forbes.com.  —  Wheel is healthcare's answer to the gig economy.